Colombians have planned a national “cacerolazo” for 6 p.m. Colombian time today, September 4, 2013. A cacerolazo is a form of popular protest in which people express their agreement with an issue by making noise and banging pots (cacerolas), pans and kitchen utensils, or other items that can be used to create sound.

Using the Twitter hashtag #CacerolazoPor users express their reasons to take to the streets.

Paola Ochoa Rivera invites the protest to move from the virtual to the physical: